List of ventriloquists

This is a list of notable ventriloquists and their best known characters. It is ordered by nationality or country in which they were notable in an alphabetical order, and then by alphabetical order of surname. It does not include voice-over artists who did not perform with a figure, or "dummy" as it is usually called.

France

• Jeff Panacloc – "Jean-Marc"
• Le cas Pucine - Eliott [1] [2]

India

• Satyajit Padhye- "Chotu Singh", "Dotty"
• Rajkumar Javkar[3]-"Rancho the monkey"
• Mimicry Srinivos – "Old Man", "Little Boy", "Caesar Chimp"″micey″
• Indushree - "Dinku" [4]
• Shanthakumar - "Johnny", "Jack" and "Rani"
• Dr. A. K. Rao - 'Johnny' (With Kind Permission from Late Mr. M M Roy) and 'Twinkle' specially prepared Doll for a Local News Paper at Nagpur in 1989. An Equine Veterinarian by Profession and staged more than thousand shows in the year 1989.

Italy

• Pietro Ghislandi – "Sergio"

Spain

• Señor Wences – "Johnny", "Pedro", "Cecilia Chicken"

Sweden

• Zillah & Totte

United Kingdom

• Ray Alan – "Mickey the Martian", "Lord Charles", "Tich and Quackers"
• Peter Brough – "Archie Andrews"
• Nina Conti – "Monkey", "Granny", "Nina", "Killer", "Great Uncle John"
• Roger De Courcey – "Nookie Bear"
• Terry Hall – "Lenny the Lion"
• Keith Harris – "Orville the Duck", "Cuddles the Monkey"
• Steve Hewlett – "Arthur Lager", "Pongo", "Chii Chii"
• Sandy Powell
• Terri Rogers – "Shorty Harris"
• Miss Merlynda Robinson - "Duncan L DoLittle", "Lord Claude DePussy", "Princess Emily", "Gilbert Gorilla", "Fanny Dragon", "Daizy L DoLittle"
• Fred Russell – "Coster Joe"
• Saveen – "Daisy May"
• Ian Saville
• Dennis Spicer – "James Green"
• Arthur Worsley – "Charlie Brown"
• Paul Zerdin – "Sam", "Baby", "Albert", "Alasdair Rimmer"

United States

• Jim Barber – "Barber & Seville", "Diva", "Chico Pete", "Baby", "Ventriloquist Karaoke", "Strum the Guitar", "JR"[5]
• Matt Bennett – "Rex Powers" (Victorious)
• Edgar Bergen – "Charlie McCarthy", "Mortimer Snerd", "Effie Klinker"[6]
• Shirley Dinsdale – "Judy Splinters"
• Jeff Dunham – "Peanut", "Walter", "Jose Jalapeño", "Bubba J", "Achmed the Dead Terrorist"
• Alyse Eady – "Rosie", "Molly", "Crazy Bird", "Rocky"
• Darci Lynne – "Petunia", "Oscar", "Edna Doorknocker", "Katie", "Okie", "Scarlett", "Nigel"
• Terry Fator – "Emma Taylor", "Winston the Impersonating Turtle", "Walter T. Airdale", "Julius", "Maynard Thompkins", "Monty Carlo", "Duggie Scott Walker", "Vikki the Cougar", "Berry Fabulous", "Fernando V. Francisco", "Hyphen", "Wrex the Crash Test Dummy", "Rusty the Robot", "Donald Trump", "Elton John", "Michael Jackson", "Paul McCartney"
• Wayne Federman – "Beuford"
• Jay Johnson – "Squeaky", "Bob", "Grits", "Darwin"
• Kevin Johnson – "Clyde", "Matilda"
• Mallory Lewis – "Lamb Chop"
• Shari Lewis – "Lamb Chop", "Charlie Horse", "Hush Puppy"
• Ronn Lucas – "Buffalo Billy", "Chuck Roast", "Scorch", "Tillie the Troll"
• Taylor Mason – "Paco the Pig (Zorcon the Alien Telletubby)", "Romeo", "Juliet", "Sumo", "Robert the Sheep", "Barack Obama", "Colonel", "Paquito"
• Meghan Miller – "Kat", "Abner Smooch", "Shannon", "Lexi", "Baby"
• Jimmy Nelson – "Danny O'Day", "Farfel the Dog"
• Otto Petersen – "George"
• Carla Rhodes – "Cecil Sinclaire"
• David Strassman – "Chuck Wood", "Ted E. Bare", "Sid Beaverman", "Kevin the Alien", "Grandpa Fred", "A.N.G.E.L.", "Dinosaurs", "Vinny", "The Crows", "Little Ricky", "Mr. Invisible", "Guido the Teddy Impersonator", "Charley", "Mumbles"
• Max Terhune – "Elmer"
• Willie Tyler – "Lester"
• Susan Vermaas - “Dusty”, “Danny the Dinosaur”, “Toby the Chimp”, “Itch”, “Charlie the Church Mouse”, “Clucky”, “Frito”, “Sadie”, “Art”, “Rachael”, “Josh McDog”, “Pattie the Platypus”
• Jules Vernon – "Old Maid", "George", "Nettie", "Sailor Joe", "Happy"
• Mark Wade – "Grits", "Karl the Alligator"
• Kenny Warren – "Joey O'Leary", "Leroy Cool"
• Lisa Whelchel – "Arthur" (The Mickey Mouse Club)
• Paul Winchell – "Jerry Mahoney", "Knucklehead Smiff"
• Paul Zerdin – "America's Got Talent"

References

1. https://www.purepeople.com/article/incroyable-talent-2019-le-cas-pucine-et-damien-en-finale-helene-segara-emue_a362093/1
2. https://www.voici.fr/tele/video-la-france-a-un-incroyable-talent-ahmed-sylla-donne-son-golden-buzzer-a-capucine-du-cas-pucine-669623
3. https://www.telegraphindia.com/odisha/heady-mix-of-talent-skills/cid/336497
4. Balram, Smita (2018-10-21). "India's first female ventriloquist, Indushree Raveendra, wishes to perform on virtual platform Amazon Prime". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
5. http://jimbarber.com/
6. Britannica, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/61730/Edgar-Bergen